Table of Contents Excel Tables......................................................................................................................................... 1 Location........................................................................................................................................... 2 Q2 - Please identify your gender?....................................................................................................................... 3 Q3 - Which of the following age groups do you fall into?...................................................................................................... 4 Q4 - Thinking about a typical week, how often do you travel into or around Melbourne during weekday peak traffic?....................................................... 5 Q5 - Which of the following ways do you primarily use Melbourne roads during weekday peak traffic? Drive a car myself................................................... 6 Q5 - Which of the following ways do you primarily use Melbourne roads during weekday peak traffic? Drive in a car as a passenger.......................................... 7 Q5 - Which of the following ways do you primarily use Melbourne roads during weekday peak traffic? Public transport..................................................... 8 Q5 - Which of the following ways do you primarily use Melbourne roads during weekday peak traffic? Cycle or walk....................................................... 9 Q5 - Which of the following ways do you primarily use Melbourne roads during weekday peak traffic? Motorcycle......................................................... 10 Q5 - Which of the following ways do you primarily use Melbourne roads during weekday peak traffic................................................................... 11 Q9 - At what time(s) of day do you typically drive in weekday peak traffic?........................................................................................ 12 Q10 - To what extent do you feel you have to travel during weekday peak traffic?.................................................................................. 13 Q11 - To what extent do you feel you have to drive during weekday peak traffic?.................................................................................. 14 Q12 - Which of the following are reasons why you drive during weekday peak traffic?............................................................................... 15 Q13 - What are the other reason(s) why you drive during weekday peak traffic? Coded............................................................................. 16 Q14 - In an average week/ during term time, how much time do you spend driving in weekday peak traffic?............................................................. 17 Q15 - Which types of roads do you regularly drive on during weekday peak traffic?................................................................................. 18 Q16 - Which of the following freeways do you regularly drive on during weekday peak traffic?........................................................................ 19 Q17 - Which of the following tollways do you regularly drive on during weekday peak traffic?......................................................................... 20 Q18 - Do you ever experience any traffic congestion during your weekday peak traffic drive?......................................................................... 21 Q19 - And how often do you experience congestion when you drive during weekday peak traffic?..................................................................... 22 Q20 - At what time of day do you think that traffic congestion is worse?.......................................................................................... 23 Q21 - How would you define traffic congestion? - Coded..................................................................................................... 24 Q22 - Which, if any, of the following congestion issues do you regularly experience whilst driving during weekday peak traffic?.............................................. 25 Q23 - Please rank the following traffic congestion issues according to which you feel most negative toward?............................................................. 26 Q23 - Please rank the following traffic congestion issues according to which you feel most negative toward? Top 2....................................................... 27 Q23 - Please rank the following traffic congestion issues according to which you feel most negative toward? Top 3....................................................... 28 Q24 - Which sections of your typical weekday peak traffic trip are affected by congestion?........................................................................... 29 Q25 - Please rank the following according to which you feel most negative toward? Congestion on...................................................................... 30 Q25 - Please rank the following according to which you feel most negative toward? Congestion on... Top 2.............................................................. 31
Q25 - Please rank the following according to which you feel most negative toward? Congestion on... Top 3.............................................................. 32 Q26 - Which of the following do you regularly do in response to peak traffic congestion?............................................................................ 33 Q27 - Which of the following do you think are causes of the peak traffic congestion you personally experience?.......................................................... 34 Q28 - Which, if any, do you feel more negative toward?...................................................................................................... 35 Q29 - To what extent does peak traffic congestion negatively impact on your life overall?........................................................................... 36 Q30 - Which of the following does peak traffic congestion cause for you?........................................................................................ 37 Q31a - Which of the two journeys you would prefer?......................................................................................................... 38 Q31b - Which of the two journeys you would prefer?......................................................................................................... 39 Q31c - Which of the two journeys you would prefer?......................................................................................................... 40 Q32 - Which of the following best describes your perception of how congestion has changed in the past five years on Melbourne roads during weekday peak traffic?................ 41 Q33 - How much time would you need to spend in traffic before you changed and did something else?................................................................. 42 Q34 - When driving for work purposes, what would you need to be paid to travel on the congested road for this trip?...................................................... 43 Q35 - When driving for anything other than work purposes, what would you need to be paid to travel on the congested road for this trip?...................................... 44 Q36 - To what extent do you experience traffic congestion outside of peak traffic?................................................................................. 45 Q37 - Agreement level. Any thriving city will have some amount of traffic congestion................................................................................ 46 Q38 - Do you have any children currently living at home with you?.............................................................................................. 47 Q39 - How old is your youngest child?.................................................................................................................... 48 Q40 - What is your current work situation?................................................................................................................. 49 Q41 - What is your annual household income before tax? (On average).......................................................................................... 50
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Location % n North Melbourne East Melbourne West Melbourne Other 29% 54% 17% 0% 292 535 173 0 Page 2
Q2 - Please identify your gender? % n Male Female Don t identify as male or female 50% 50% 0% 496 502 2 Page 3
Q3 - Which of the following age groups do you fall into? % n Under 18 18-24 25-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80+ 0% 9% 11% 26% 21% 17% 11% 4% 1% 0 89 114 258 213 170 113 38 5 Page 4
Q4 - Thinking about a typical week, how often do you travel into or around Melbourne during weekday peak traffic? % n Once per week or more often Occasionally, but less often than once per week Never / almost never 0% 0% 0 0 Page 5
Q5 - Which of the following ways do you primarily use Melbourne roads during weekday peak traffic? Drive a car myself % n Almost every weekday (i.e. four or more days per week) Two three days per week Once per week Less often 79% 21% 0% 0% 789 211 0 0 Page 6
Q5 - Which of the following ways do you primarily use Melbourne roads during weekday peak traffic? Drive in a car as a passenger % n Almost every weekday (i.e. four or more days per week) Two three days per week Once per week Less often 9% 14% 16% 61% 88 140 160 612 Page 7
Q5 - Which of the following ways do you primarily use Melbourne roads during weekday peak traffic? Public transport % n Almost every weekday (i.e. four or more days per week) Two three days per week Once per week Less often 12% 11% 12% 65% 122 112 121 645 Page 8
Q5 - Which of the following ways do you primarily use Melbourne roads during weekday peak traffic? Cycle or walk % n Almost every weekday (i.e. four or more days per week) Two three days per week Once per week Less often 11% 11% 12% 66% 108 106 124 662 Page 9
Q5 - Which of the following ways do you primarily use Melbourne roads during weekday peak traffic? Motorcycle % n Almost every weekday (i.e. four or more days per week) Two three days per week Once per week Less often 2% 3% 4% 91% 24 32 36 908 Page 10
Drive a car myself Drive in a car as a passenger Public transport Cycle or walk Motorcycle Almost every weekday (i.e. four or more days per week) % within row 79% n 789 % within row 9% n 88 % within row 12% n 122 % within row 11% n 108 % within row 2% n 24 Q5 - Which of the following ways do you primarily use Melbourne roads during weekday peak traffic Two three days per week 21% 211 14% 140 11% 112 11% 106 3% 32 Once per week 0% 0 16% 160 12% 121 12% 124 4% 36 Less often 0% 0 61% 612 65% 645 66% 662 91% 908 Page 11
Q9 - At what time(s) of day do you typically drive in weekday peak traffic? % n Morning peak Afternoon / evening peak Neither of the above 83% 83% 0% 832 834 0 Page 12
Q10 - To what extent do you feel you have to travel during weekday peak traffic? % n Always essential (I have to travel at this time) Mostly essential (I could change the time of, or avoid, some journeys) Mostly non-essential (I could change the time, or avoid, most journeys) Always non-essential (I could change the time of, or avoid, all journeys) 75% 22% 3% 0% 747 221 28 4 Page 13
Q11 - To what extent do you feel you have to drive during weekday peak traffic? % n I have no choice but to drive I could, within reason, choose another form of transport some of the time I could, within reason, choose another form of transport all of the time 67% 28% 5% 666 280 54 Page 14
Q12 - Which of the following are reasons why you drive during weekday peak traffic? % n Work purposes Education purposes Child care purposes Other reasons 86% 22% 13% 9% 857 221 126 89 Page 15
Q13 - What are the other reason(s) why you drive during weekday peak traffic? Coded % n Shopping/buy food/fuel/banking Attend appointments/dr/medical appointments Meet up with family/friends/socialising To get to leisure activities/yoga/golf/walking/gym Drive to station/bus stop Other Nothing Don't know/not sure 36% 29% 28% 28% 2% 10% 1% 0% Total sample; Unweighted; base n = 89; total n = 1000; 911 missing 32 26 25 25 2 9 1 0 89 Page 16
Q14 - In an average week / during term time, how much time do you spend driving in weekday peak traffic? % n Less than 2 hours 2-4.99 hours 5-9.99 hours 10+ hours Average 27% 36% 24% 14% 4.6 266 356 241 137 Page 17
Q15 - Which types of roads do you regularly drive on during weekday peak traffic? % n Major arterial roads Local / back streets, back roads Freeways Tollways 72% 71% 40% 16% 717 710 401 157 Page 18
Q16 - Which of the following freeways do you regularly drive on during weekday peak traffic? % n Monash Freeway Tullamarine Freeway Eastern Freeway Princes Freeway Western Ring Road Metropolitan Ring Road West Gate Freeway Calder Freeway None of the above Don t know / unsure 49% 31% 29% 27% 26% 20% 20% 17% 3% 2% 196 124 115 110 106 80 80 68 14 10 401 Total sample; Unweighted; base n = 401; total n = 1000; 599 missing Page 19
Q17 - Which of the following tollways do you regularly drive on during weekday peak traffic? % n CityLink EastLink Don t know / unsure None of the above 70% 55% 3% 3% 110 86 5 5 157 Total sample; Unweighted; base n = 157; total n = 1000; 843 missing Page 20
Q18 - Do you ever experience any traffic congestion during your weekday peak traffic drive? % n Yes No Don t know / can t say 88% 10% 2% 883 97 20 Page 21
Q19 - And how often do you experience congestion when you drive during weekday peak traffic? % n Every time Some of the time 58% 42% 513 370 883 Total sample; Unweighted; base n = 883; total n = 1000; 117 missing Page 22
Q20 - At what time of day do you think that traffic congestion is worse? % n Morning peak (7am 9am) Afternoon / evening peak (3pm 6pm) Both equal Don t know / can t say 20% 33% 46% 0% 120 193 272 1 586 Total sample; Unweighted; base n = 586; total n = 1000; 414 missing Page 23
Q21 - How would you define traffic congestion? - Coded % n Slow moving traffic/crawling Standstill /traffic jam/congestion/banked up/not moving/bottle neck Heavy traffic/lots of cars/too many cars/too busy Annoying/frustrating/it's a pain/stressful Not getting through the traffic lights/intersections/level crossings/takes too long Not able to drive within normal speed limit/well below the speed limit Takes longer than usual to go anyway/long delays/waste of time Stop start traffic Bumper to bumper/back to back traffic It's bad/horrible/shocking/getting worse Poor infrastructure/improve transport networks/more roads to accommodate the increased population Rude/bad drivers/abusing the road rules/driving on the wrong lanes Other Ongoing roadworks/too many roadworks Don't know/not sure Nothing Good/not bad/mild Difficult to change lanes/merge/get onto freeways When there are breakdowns/accidents on the roads 31% 31% 18% 11% 11% 10% 10% 9% 9% 8% 4% 2% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 306 306 177 109 105 102 98 92 91 75 41 20 19 17 11 11 9 8 7 Page 24
Q22 - Which, if any, of the following congestion issues do you regularly experience whilst driving during weekday peak traffic? % n Journey takes longer than it would outside peak hours Average speed is lower than it would be outside peak hours Periods of stop / start driving Time taken to get to destination is unpredictable Takes multiple traffic light cycles to get through intersection None of the above 80% 80% 69% 59% 50% 3% 803 802 688 588 498 26 Page 25
Q23 - Please rank the following traffic congestion issues according to which you feel most negative toward? % n Stop-start traffic Slow moving traffic Unpredictable journey time Journey takes longer than it would outside peak hours 47% 19% 18% 16% Total sample; Unweighted; base n = 974; total n = 1000; 26 missing 458 189 174 153 974 Page 26
Q23 - Please rank the following traffic congestion issues according to which you feel most negative toward? Top 2 % n Stop-start traffic Slow moving traffic Unpredictable journey time Journey takes longer than it would outside peak hours 69% 54% 41% 36% Total sample; Unweighted; base n = 974; total n = 1000; 26 missing 675 525 397 351 974 Page 27
Q23 - Please rank the following traffic congestion issues according to which you feel most negative toward? Top 3 % n Stop-start traffic Slow moving traffic Unpredictable journey time Journey takes longer than it would outside peak hours 88% 80% 66% 66% Total sample; Unweighted; base n = 974; total n = 1000; 26 missing 854 782 641 645 974 Page 28
Q24 - Which sections of your typical weekday peak traffic trip are affected by congestion? % n Major arterial roads Local / back streets, back roads Freeways All of the above Tollways 51% 28% 26% 17% 8% 499 276 256 167 76 974 Total sample; Unweighted; base n = 974; total n = 1000; 26 missing Page 29
Q25 - Please rank the following according to which you feel most negative toward? Congestion on... % n local / back streets, back roads major arterial roads freeways tollways 29% 44% 20% 7% 284 427 193 70 974 Total sample; Unweighted; base n = 974; total n = 1000; 26 missing Page 30
Q25 - Please rank the following according to which you feel most negative toward? Congestion on... Top 2 % n local / back streets, back roads major arterial roads freeways tollways 55% 65% 35% 11% 534 631 339 105 974 Total sample; Unweighted; base n = 974; total n = 1000; 26 missing Page 31
Q25 - Please rank the following according to which you feel most negative toward? Congestion on... Top 3 % n local / back streets, back roads major arterial roads freeways tollways 65% 71% 40% 14% 634 695 394 138 974 Total sample; Unweighted; base n = 974; total n = 1000; 26 missing Page 32
Q26 - Which of the following do you regularly do in response to peak traffic congestion? % n Allow extra time (set off earlier) in case journey takes longer than expected Take short-cuts on local streets Look for live traffic alerts (e.g. Google Maps or radio reports) Postpone travel until outside peak hours Take public transport rather than drive Work from home to avoid travel time None of the above Walk / cycle rather than drive 71% 44% 28% 16% 16% 11% 9% 8% 690 432 268 157 153 107 83 79 974 Total sample; Unweighted; base n = 974; total n = 1000; 26 missing Page 33
Q27 - Which of the following do you think are causes of the peak traffic congestion you personally experience? % n More people on the road Roadworks Issues with public transport People not carpooling Don t know / can t say None of the above 81% 60% 34% 28% 2% 2% 787 589 331 270 23 21 974 Total sample; Unweighted; base n = 974; total n = 1000; 26 missing Page 34
Q28 - Which, if any, do you feel more negative toward? % n Congestion caused by roadworks Congestion caused by more people on the road Both equally negative 32% 30% 38% 311 293 370 974 Total sample; Unweighted; base n = 974; total n = 1000; 26 missing Page 35
Q29 - To what extent does peak traffic congestion negatively impact on your life overall? % n Very negative impact Moderate negative impact Minimal negative impact / consider this part of life in a city Total sample; Unweighted; base n = 974; total n = 1000; 26 missing 24% 41% 35% 231 398 345 974 Page 36
Q30 - Which of the following does peak traffic congestion cause for you? % n Lost leisure time / time to do the things I enjoy Stress Lost time at home with family Lost work productivity None of the above 56% 55% 54% 33% 9% 550 538 522 325 83 974 Total sample; Unweighted; base n = 974; total n = 1000; 26 missing Page 37
Q31a - Which of the two journeys you would prefer? % n Journey which usually takes 5 but can take 15 minutes Journey which consistently takes 10 minutes 27% 73% 270 730 Page 38
Q31b - Which of the two journeys you would prefer? % n Journey which usually takes 20 but may take 30 minutes Journey which consistently takes 25 minutes 32% 68% 320 680 Page 39
Q31c - Which of the two journeys you would prefer? % n Journey which usually takes 40 but may take 60 minutes Journey which consistently takes 50 minutes 32% 68% 319 681 Page 40
Q32 - Which of the following best describes your perception of how congestion has changed in the past five years on Melbourne roads during weekday peak traffic? % n Got much worse Got a bit worse Not changed Got a bit better Got much better Don t know / can t say 62% 23% 8% 3% 1% 4% 619 229 84 25 8 35 Page 41
Q33 - How much time would you need to spend in traffic before you changed and did something else? % n [+10%] hours [+20%] hours [+50%] hours [+] hours More than this Don t know / can t say 11% 22% 25% 10% 4% 28% 113 218 251 101 38 279 Page 42
Q34 - When driving for work purposes, what would you need to be paid to travel on the congested road for this trip? % n $2 $5 $10 $25 $50 More than $50 I would never choose to travel on the more congested road, regardless of the payment 6% 11% 18% 14% 9% 12% 29% 55 91 155 123 78 106 244 852 Total sample; Unweighted; base n = 852; total n = 1000; 148 missing Page 43
Q35 - When driving for anything other than work purposes, what would you need to be paid to travel on the congested road for this trip? % n $2 $5 $10 $25 $50 More than $50 I would never choose to travel on the more congested road, regardless of the payment Total sample; Unweighted; base n = 364; total n = 1000; 636 missing 4% 8% 14% 19% 9% 16% 29% 16 30 51 70 34 59 104 364 Page 44
Q36 - To what extent do you experience traffic congestion outside of peak traffic? % n Experience significant congestion outside peak traffic Experience some minor congestion outside peak traffic Do not experience congestion outside peak traffic Do not drive outside peak traffic 17% 59% 21% 4% 166 594 205 35 Page 45
Q37 - Agreement level. Any thriving city will have some amount of traffic congestion. % n Strongly agree Somewhat agree Somewhat disagree Strongly disagree 34% 56% 7% 3% 342 557 71 30 Page 46
Q38 - Do you have any children currently living at home with you? % n Yes No 48% 52% 477 523 Page 47
Q39 - How old is your youngest child? % n Preschool age Primary school age Secondary school age Older than secondary school age 26% 28% 26% 20% 126 132 124 95 477 Total sample; Unweighted; base n = 477; total n = 1000; 523 missing Page 48
Q40 - What is your current work situation? % n Full time Part time/casual Self-employed Retired Home duties Student Unemployed Volunteer Other 57% 21% 6% 5% 5% 4% 1% 1% 0% 572 211 57 49 48 42 12 8 1 Page 49
Q41 - What is your annual household income before tax? (On average). % n Less than $50,000 $50,000-$74,999 $75,000-$99,999 $100,000-$124,999 $125,000-$149,999 $150,000 plus Not sure Rather not say 15% 16% 17% 13% 10% 15% 2% 11% 154 164 166 133 104 146 19 114 Page 50